Volume 104, Issue 173
Royal Gazette
1 September 2530
Note: The grounds for promulgation of this Act are as follows: The amount of certain types of crimes, especially the crimes of theft relating to kho, krabue, tools, utensils, or machinery of agriculturists, which now appears to be rising a great deal, causes extreme trouble to farmers, croppers, and gardeners, because when the farming or growing season arrives, agriculturists are unable to find kho, krabue, or machinery for the conduct of cultivation in time. Although responsible authorities have been on watch all the time and have arrested many offenders for prosecution, they could not deter the offenders or make them fear the authority of the State. This is because the punishment designated by the law for the offenders is low. In order to deter [crimes] and make the authority of the State feared, it is appropriate to heighten the punishment imposable upon the offenders. Therefore, it is necessary to enact this Act up.
